· History professor wins National Book Award
· Bucks selected to play in 2004 Alamo Bowl
· Merritt will deliver commencement address
· OSU, Battelle cement collaboration with MOU
· Holbrook presents update on Leadership Agenda
· OSU observes polar explorer's famous flight
· Demand drives solid Med Center financial results
· James pain expert awarded St. George Medal
· Make a difference. Change lives. Support Ohio State.

Current view of High St. looking south. Proposed improvements.

Plans underway to improve High Street A public open house was held recently to reveal and discuss plans to improve the High Street streetscape from 11th to Lane Avenues, the "Main Street" that borders the east side of campus. The study looks at improvements to the sidewalks, street trees, street lights, signage, street furniture, etc. You can view the presentation by MSI Planners and other plans for the campus at http://www.fpd.ohio-state.edu/?segue=MP. Click on "Master Plans in Development".

History professor wins National Book Award

Kevin Boyle, professor of history, has won the National Book Award for nonfiction, the National Book Award Foundation has announced. The Foundation described his book, Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age, as a “history that is at once an intense courtroom drama, a moving biography, and an engrossing look at race in America in the early 20th century.” READ MORE >

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Bucks selected to play in 2004 Alamo Bowl

Ohio State has accepted an invitation to be the Big Ten representative in the 2004 MasterCard Alamo Bowl on Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 8 p.m. in San Antonio’s 65,000-seat Alamodome. Ohio State (7-4 overall and 4-4 in the Big Ten), who upset No. 7 Michigan 37-21 in Columbus last month, will be making its first bowl trip to San Antonio. The trip to Texas will be Ohio State’s 36th bowl trip and fifth consecutive, including the 2002 National Championship. READ MORE >

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Merritt will deliver commencement address

Deborah Jones Merritt, director of the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy at Ohio State, will deliver the autumn quarter commencement address Dec. 12 at St. John Arena. Approximately 1,900 degrees will be awarded at the ceremony, which begins at 2 p.m. In addition to directing the institute, Merritt holds the John Deaver Drinko/Baker and Hostetler Chair in Law at the Moritz College of Law. READ MORE >

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OSU, Battelle cement collaboration with MOU

The Ohio State University and Battelle Memorial Institute signed an official memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance the strong collaboration between one of the nation’s premier research institutions and one of the world’s largest independent research and development organizations. In signing the MOU, President Holbrook and Battelle President and CEO Carl F. Kohrt declared their intent to leverage their institutions’ strengths to expand and enhance the nature and scope of future collaborations.

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Holbrook presents update on Leadership Agenda

President Holbrook spoke to the University Senate last month about her Leadership Agenda, which provides the specific priorities under the Academic Plan for action and resource allocation, guided by consultation with academic, administrative, faculty, staff and student leadership. “Our overarching goal, as identified in the Academic Plan, is to be one of the world’s truly great research universities. That goal will be reached only by prioritizing our actions and focusing on those that are most likely to improve our reputation and our performance in the context of fiscal responsibility,” Holbrook said. READ MORE >

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OSU observes polar explorer’s famous flight

Ohio State celebrated the anniversary of a major scientific and exploratory accomplishment — a commemoration of the first manned flight over the South Pole. The event, which occurred Nov. 29, 1929, was one of the many advances in polar science shepherded by Admiral Richard E. Byrd, the namesake of Ohio State’s Byrd Polar Research Center (BPRC). Admiral Byrd’s papers that document his expeditions and life are maintained in a collection at Ohio State. Housed in the University Archives on campus, they are the largest and most frequently consulted collection in the Polar Archival Program, a collaborative venture of the OSU Libraries and the Byrd Polar Research Center. READ MORE >

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Demand drives solid Med Center financial results

Increases in patient admissions, live births and surgeries have contributed to growth at the Ohio State University Health System. These factors led to a $6.5 million operating gain and an increase of $14.1 million in net assets for the fiscal year-end June 30, 2004. This positive momentum occurred simultaneously with a continued significant investment in research, education and the recruitment of world-renowned faculty to provide state-of-the-art quality care. READ MORE >

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James pain expert awarded St. George Medal

Costantino Benedetti, an expert in pain and palliative medicine at the James Cancer Hospital, has received the St. George Medal from the American Cancer Society (ACS). The St. George Medal is the most prestigious award the ACS can give to a division volunteer. Benedetti has spent much of his career nurturing and promoting new and more effective therapies for pain control. He created and directs the Arthur G. James/American Cancer Society Pain and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Ohio State.

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Make a difference. Change lives. Support Ohio State.

The end of the year is fast approaching, but it’s not too late to make a charitable contribution to Ohio State. Not only can your gift have a positive effect on your tax return this year, but it will also have far-reaching effects on the continued success of Ohio State and its students. You can make a gift to any area of the university through our secure giving site. READ MORE >

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